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Where does a lack of empathy lead us?
Democracy, as a concept and a form of governance, was first introduced by the Greeks around 507 BC.
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Fossil investments
Brian Mollet, Mullumbimby
It is with considerable incredulity that I read in last week’s Echo that Byron Shire has a lazy...
New Greens team
Matthew O’Reilly
President of CABS and a proud member of the NEW Byron Greens team
It seems that some readers have...
Missing teen located safe and well near Tweed Heads
A teen missing in the state’s North has been located safe and well.
Not quite ‘too late’
Desmond Bellamy, PETA Australia
Sir David Attenborough, the world’s most famous naturalist, has just addressed the United Nations Security Council to...
Taxpayers paying through the nose for the destruction of Casino to Murwillumbah train line
Louise Doran, Ocean Shores
On 14 January, 2015 The Echo comment ‘Railroaded’ quoted Don Page’s (Nationals then MP for Ballina) 2004...
A little bit of COVID…
Mandy Nolan has stated in The Echo, ‘For 30 years I’ve fought to give a voice to the voiceless...
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Premium wine for the people
Russell Geggie
Remember way back when the local wine industry introduced us to the screw caps on wine bottles and wine drinkers the world over...
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A Lego load of fun on the Gold Coast
Eve Jeffery - 0
A place for water dragons to thrive was the theme of a construction competition at Southern Cross University (SCU) yesterday. The tricky part was making the build with Lego.
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Kingscliff, trucks, and development – what’s the right outcome?
The debate over the movement of fill via the Tweed Coast Road and through Kingscliff to fill future development sites have been considered by...
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Spring into Scavenge in Lismore this Saturday
David Lowe - 0
Different, fun and rewarding are some of the words used to describe what's going to unfold in Lismore this weekend.